Police are appealing for witnesses after a 25 year old man was attacked in Gateshead after a run in with a group of men.

It happened in the early hours of Friday, December 27th at 12.50am after the man left the Ye Old Cannon Pub at 12.30am. He began talking to a group of men near a taxi rank on Durham Road in Low Fell, then was hit from behind across the head. He was taken to hospital and released after treatment.

Northumbria Police are asking anyone with information to get in touch on 101.

The 21-year-old was with a group of friends when he was attacked by another man in Times Square at around 1:55am on Thursday. The victim was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary with a fractured skull and fractured cheekbone.

The suspect, who ran off in the direction of Central Station, is described as being around 21 years old, 6ft 1ins tall, with black hair.